The bloodletting is over - at least we now know the cards we've been dealt. It's pretty hard to think straight right now - so many colleagues have gone. So much experience, so many years of expertise, just washed away.This is without a doubt the lowest point in my so-called career to date.

Well I guess this is it. We had a meeting today to discuss the impending layoff, and there were a lot of glum faces in the room. With the number of people required to go, and given that we've already trimmed the fat, this is going to be bad.